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Murder at the Adelphi is Peter Gales first-hand, day-to-day diary account of acting in the original production of Andrew Lloyd Webbers 1993 musical Sunset Boulevard presented at the Adelphi Theatre in London. The show was based on the highly acclaimed Paramount Pictures 1950 film of the same name directed by Billy Wilder.

Along the way, Peter includes a galaxy of entertaining anecdotes about internationally famous stars, such as Steven Spielberg, Ingrid Bergman and even Marilyn Monroe. For example, Peters partner, the actor Paul Hardwick, worked very closely with Marilyn in the film The Prince and the Showgirl.

Peter volunteered to be the Sunset Boulevard companys Equity deputy and closely witnessed the seismic rift between the shows leading lady, Patti LuPone, and the shows composer/producer, Andrew Lloyd Webber. Peter found Patti to be as warm and approachable as Andrew was cold and aloof. He says Trevor Nunn was one of the most supportive and inspired directors he ever worked with but the weird distance between Trevor and Andrew confused and dispirited many company members.

Murder at the Adelphi is a must read for any theatre fan.

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Murder at the Adelphi is a "must read" for any theatre fan.

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Peter Gale